Five vocal tracks plus their off-vocal versions, and "Blue Heat Haze" absolutely carries the whole collection. Legend of Dark Witch takes its Mega Man-style action game themes and layers J-pop vocals on top, and somehow it works.
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"Promise from Another World" has this floaty, ethereal quality that contrasts with how frantic the games actually are. "Waltz to the Future" picks up the tempo with a bright, bouncy energy. The off-vocal versions are honestly great for just chilling to the compositions underneath.
That instrumental work doing so much heavy lifting. Short collection but it captures this specific intersection of cute indie action games and vocal arrange albums that the 3DS era did so well. If you're into Mega Man-adjacent games with a J-pop twist, this hits right.